# Songs That Wouldn't Fly Today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227 "2017-01-26T15:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227/181 "2017-02-17T04:52:11Z")

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> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> It’s like this thread is in some bizarro world where no one has listened to any music from the past 30 years. Read the lyrics to some of the current top songs, they make most of what’s been posted in this thread look G-rated.

The thing is, it’s right out there in current music. Older music is more likely to be full of innuendos.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227/182 "2017-02-17T04:55:53Z")

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> [@Hocus\_Pocus](#):
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> I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned this one, as I heard it a lot during my teens in the 70’s:
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> Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) by Pat Travers (DV)
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> I will note that some of these songs can easily be done today. Getting airplay with them is a totally different kettle of fish.
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> And “most stations” cleaning up lyrics generally means that iHeart won’t let the song go out unedited. Find a non-corporate rock station & you’ll hear the unedited version.

I always got the impression that his SO left him for someone else, and he was going to punch out the someone else. 😕

I don’t think this would fly nowadays either. Might explain the propensity for domestic violence and/or why she left, too.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I9tgeaDwiCQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGF4gRyhlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBMo4byPzRmFts6klpBRBrlnEbkdQ "Pat Travers - Snortin Whiskey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9tgeaDwiCQ)

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227/183 "2017-02-17T07:18:33Z")

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> [@drad\_dog](#):
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> I’m not sure why it’s different from a lot of other punk and post punk.

Perhaps you didn’t listen closely to the lyrics. The screech before the outro is:

[QUOTE=Doc Corbin Dart]

I WANNA TAKE THE PRESIDENT,  
CHOP OFF HIS HEAD,  
AND MAIL IT TO THEM IN A GARBAGE BAG!!!

[/QUOTE]

Now, violence in song is not unusual, but directing that violence at the President is. It’s especially unusual since the Titular would-be assassin had acted against the sitting President at the time. Yet Doc didn’t get even a phone call from the Secret Service. I’ve seen it speculated if he had used ‘am gonna’ instead of ‘wanna’, they might have discussed it with him.

Either way, calls to assassinate the President are rare in music.

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